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0 pointsMacha2y ago0 comments

Back when we first got a computer, my mother was highly concerned by the Windows 9x error message "Your computer has performed an illegal operation and must shut down"

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Sohcahtoa822y ago

Always gotta wonder what genius thought it'd be a good idea to have "illegal operation" in an error message displayed to users.

Then again, that was nearly 30 years ago. Maybe we didn't have as many studies on users back then.

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0 pointsMacha2y ago0 comments

Back when we first got a computer, my mother was highly concerned by the Windows 9x error message "Your computer has performed an illegal operation and must shut down"

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Sohcahtoa822y ago

Always gotta wonder what genius thought it'd be a good idea to have "illegal operation" in an error message displayed to users.

Then again, that was nearly 30 years ago. Maybe we didn't have as many studies on users back then.

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